yearningly
In wistful desire
In a manner expressing deep longing or wistful desire: She gazed yearningly at the old photographs.
The word carries emotional weight, suggesting not just wanting but aching for something—often something distant, lost, or unattainable.
With deep affection
- adoringlyWith great affection
- devotedlyWith steadfast commitment
- tenderlyWith gentle care
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
wistfully · pining · lovelorn · smitten · infatuated · heartsick · moonstruck · besotted
With pensive longing
- reminiscentlyIn a remembering way
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- sentimentallyWith excessive tender emotion
melancholically · ruefully · regretfully · fondly · dreamily · pensively · contemplatively · reflectively
With greedy desire
- hungrilyWith strong appetite
- thirstilyWith craving for drink
- eagerlyWith keen enthusiasm
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
fervently · passionately · lustfully · enviously · greedily · ravenously · impatiently · expectantly
In a grieving way
- plaintivelyIn a sad, longing manner
- despairinglyIn a hopeless manner
- forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
- desolatelyIn bleak isolation
woefully · painfully · anguished · bereft · heartbroken · disconsolately · inconsolably · pitifully
lovingly
With deep affection
passionately · wistfully · pining · lovelorn · smitten · infatuated · heartsick · moonstruck · besotted · enamored
wistfully
With pensive longing
- reminiscentlyIn a remembering way
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
sentimentally · melancholically · ruefully · regretfully · fondly · dreamily · pensively · contemplatively · reflectively · misty-eyed
covetously
With greedy desire
ardently · fervently · passionately · lustfully · enviously · greedily · ravenously · impatiently · expectantly · hopefully
mournfully
In a grieving way
- plaintivelyIn a sad, longing manner
- despairinglyIn a hopeless manner
- forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
desolately · woefully · painfully · anguished · bereft · heartbroken · disconsolately · inconsolably · pitifully · woebegone
yearninglyindifferently
Without preference or concern
apathetically · dispassionately · uncaringly · coldly · detachedly
yearninglycontentedly
In a fulfilled way
complacently · serenely · peacefully · happily · tranquilly
- nostalgic yearningBittersweet longing for past